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April 21, 1925. I Re. 1 .0 4

L. G. CAMPBELL CLOTHES DRIER Original Eiled April 22. 1924 2 Sheets-Sheet l Arm n/5Y5.

April 21,1925. R 16,044' L L. G. CAMPBELL CLOTHES DRIER orizinalFiled April 22. 1924 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 mam m?! Reissued Apr. 21, 1925.

UNITED STATES Re; 16,044 I im'rrzla'l OFFICE.

LEWIS G. CmBELL, OI CINCINNATI, OHIO, ASSIGNOB TO THE PUBITAiH CABINET DRYER comm, OI CINCDTNATI, OHIO, A CORPORATION OF OHIO.

CLOTHE DRIER.

Original Io. 1,521,214,1atcd December :30, 1924, Serial- R. 700,279; filed April 22, 1924. Application for reiilue filed February 21,

To all whom it may concern." Be it known th t I, LEVIS G. CAMPBELL, a citizenof the United States, and a resident of Cincinnati, in the county of Hamilton 5 and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful improvements in Clothes Driers, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,

' forming part of this specification.

My invention relates to cabinet receptacles for the (1 ing of clothes in the laundry and is especia y designed for houshold use to furnish a drying receptacle which shall occupy very little space, shall be most convenient to operate at very little expense, and while manufactured of sheet metal shall be 7 provided with wooden racks to prevent contact of the clothes while wet and drying with any metal parts. j

The invention wnsists 'of that certain novel construction and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter particularly pointed out and claimed, whereby the above results are 2 attained,

' In the drawings:

Fi 1 is a perspective view of the drier opened for the reception of the clothes and broken away in parts to show the inner constrnction. 1 V

V Figure 2 is a central vertical cross section on line 22 of Figure 1.

Fi ure 3 is a perspective view of the drier clo The cabinet is preferably rectangular in section formed of a framework of angle iron corner pieces 1 with galvanized sheet metal sides 2,3,back 4 and top 5, securedto the corner supports by riveting or otherwise to form a tight enclosure. Thelower half of the front .wall 6 is also secured permanently in place. V 3 r The bottom plate 7 for the receptacle is also of sheet metal, but spaces 9 and 8 are left openpreferably along the front and rear for the entrance of air.

The upper half of the front is clowd by a slidin door 10 of sheet metal which extends ent' y across the front to give full access tothe interior of the cabinet when the door is open. The door is guided and slides in the front corner pieces and is suspended like a window 'by pul ey cords 12, 12, which run andrear is united to the. plate 19, and which 1925. Serial Io. 10,988.

' over pulleys 13 at the corners and are attached to weights 14 to balance the weight of the door with the weight sliding in weight boxes 15 at the rear corners. With this construction the manipulation of the door takes no room space and gives full and complete access to the clothes racks upon which the ,clothes are hung without the necessity of pulling out the racks or opening of doors into the space of the room, so that the entire space required in the laundry is that taken by the cabinet itself when closed.

T he interior of the cabinet is heated by a gas burner 16 which extends the full width of the cabinet and is mounted through one of the side walls at the bottom immediately over the bottom plate 7 A pilot burner 17 is also provided of short length alongside of the main burner 16 which pilot is arranged to beignited on the outside and to carry the flame inside to ignite the burner 16, and a sight opening 18 is provided in the end wall above the burner to" permit view of the flame.

The burner openings do not extend'to the Y end of the burner pipe, but are located a suflicient distance from the end'walls so as idiot to excessively heat the end walls of the ner.

Located over the burner. 16 and extending from end wall to end wall is a plate 19, but

of considerably less width than the bottom, so as to leave a comparatively wide radiating space both for the front and rear, and between this plate 19 and the burner flame is a baflle plate 20,.which, at the front is closed at the ends by the end walls of the cabinet, soas to leave a deadgair space between the baflle plate 20 and the plate 19. The baflle plate is dished upwardly downthe center, so as to. contain the burner flame and permit full radiation of heat at the front and rear of the plate 19. Located 'over the plate 19 is a wire mesh screen 25, which extends over' the entire space of the cabinet to prevent clothes or dirt dropping down into theburner compartment. p

For the suspension of the clothes, I provide wooden racks comprising notched side supports .26, 27, secured preferably diagonally from front to rear upon which are 105 mounted wooden rods 28, which are rested broken.

- wooden rack relativel .tion of the at the ends in the notches 29 so that they can here-moved or replaced if any rod is The diagonal arrangement gives free, convenient access for the anglng and removal of the clothes, and as these racks are of wood, there is no danger of staining or soiling the clothes by contact wlth any metal. 4

To fill the cabinet the user pulls down the sliding door by the handle 30, giving complete access to the interior. Along the top of thevcabinet across the front is a sprin flange 31 so that when closed, a ti ht closure is obtained, the to edge of t e door coming in contact wit the overlapping flagie.

e opening 33 for the flue pipe is placed in the middle of the top and the heat rises up through the clothes on the racks, equally at front and rear and passes out through the middle of the compartment, thus giving a very 'efiective circulation and permitting the'cabinet being located in any convenient place.

Having thus described myinvention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:'

1. In a clothes drier, the combination with a closed metallic casing with the upper portion of the front open across its entire extent, and a metallic door to close said opening, adapted to slide parallel with the front wall .to open the casingl for free access to the u per portion t ereof, a gas burner in the ttom of the casin with a fixed in t e u per portion ofthe casing or the support 0 the clothes to be dried.

2. In a clothes drier, the combination with a closed metallic casing with the upper portion of the front open across its entire extent and ametallic door to'close said opening, adapted to slide parallel with the front wall to open the casin for free accem to the upper portion 1; ereof, a gas burner in the ttom of the casing, with a wooden rack relatively fixed in the upper portion of the casing for the support of theclothes to be dried, said rack comprising wooden end supports secured to the casing, and a series of removable wooden rods supported b said end so ports.

3. In a clothes ier', the com mation with a closed metallicca g with the upper porfront open across its'entire extent and a metalli'cdoor to close said opening,l adapted to slide parallel with the front wa to open the oasmg for free access to the upper portion thereof, a gas burner in the bottom of the casing, with a wooden rack relatively fixed in the up r portion of the I :1; for the support'o the clothes tobe said rack comprisinga pair of wooden end sup from end wall'to end we with free openings along the sides of the tion of the front open'substantia of the casing for the support 0 at each side an arranged diagonally from front to rear and a series of removable wooden rods supported by and extending between said end supports.

4. In a clothes drier, burner to heat the same on the inside, extending the width of the casing, and a cover plate mounted above the burner to divide the chamber into a heating and a drying compartment, the cover plate extending a casing with a g from end wall to end wall of the casing,

with free openings along the sides of the cover late at front and rear of the cover plate or the passage of heat from the heatmg to the drying compartment. V 5. In a clothes drier, a casing with a burner to heat the same on the inside, extending the width of the casing, and a cover plate mounted above the burner to divide the chamber into a heating and a drying compartment, the cover plate extending l of the casing,

cover late at front and rear of the cover plate or the passage of heat from the heating to the drying compartment, and a bafile plate below the cover plate and fitted to same to. form a dead-an space above the burner. I

6. In a clothes drier, the combination with a closed metallic casing with the upper porly 'across its entire extent, and a metallic door. to close said opening adapted to slide parallel with the front wall to open the casmg for free access to the upper portion thereof, a heater in the bottom of the casing, with means for supporting the clothes to be dried in the upper portion of the casing.

7. In a clothes drier, the combination with a closed metallic casing with the upper portion of the front 0 en substantially across its entire extent, and a metallic door to close said opening adapted to slide parallel with the front wall to open the casing for free access to the upper portion thereof, a heater orts secured tothe casing close said opening adapted to slide parallel with vthefront wall to open the casing for free access to the upper rtion thereof, a heater in the bottom of t ecasing, with a rack relatively fixed in the up r portion f ilhe clothes to be dried.

LEWIS e. CAMPBELL. 

